Wisconsin Badgers
Marietta College
F(oar) things to know: UW opens at Marietta College
March 20, 2026 | Men's Rowing
Wisconsin men's crew kicks off spring season in Ohio
MADISON, Wis. - The No.12 Wisconsin men's rowing team will open its spring season at Marietta College for a race on Sunday, March 22.
1. WHAT TO KNOW -- UW will travel to Marietta, Ohio, for a regatta this weekend. This is the Badgers' fourth time in attendance for the race on the Muskingum River.Â
Last year, Wisconsin came out on top in every category the crew competed in. The Badgers brought five boats and won in every category.Â
2025 results:
Varsity Eight
1. Wisconsin, 5:22.8; 2. Mercyhurst LWT, 5:30.8, 3. Marietta, 5:37.4
UW Lineup: Coxswain Henry Benton, Elias Strasman, Thomas Leuty, Will Klipstine, Andrew Soman, Lukas Weinhold, Dylan Knanishu, Luke Truog, Daniel Hintzman
Second Varsity Eight
1. Wisconsin, 5:41.5, 2. Marietta, 5:46.9, 3. Mercyhurst LWT, 5:58.6
UW Lineup: Coxswain Charles Ramquist, Lucas Farmer, Ruffin Bryant, Walter Stanwood, Jack O'Brien, Samuel Seter, Hunter Kokkinen, Benjamin Cook, Mitchell Lafferty
Third Varsity Eight
1. Wisconsin A, 5:40.2, 2. Wisconsin B, 5:49.2, 3. Marietta, 6:00.9
UW Lineup: A - Coxswain Alexander Quinn, Ethan Dooley, Ethan Schumacher, Benjamin Whelan, Greyson Pickar, Quinn Koeper, Cameron Rocco, Nathan Engen, Alex Beer
UW Lineup: B - Coxswain Taj Chunawala, Jaden Halom, Maxwell McCartney, Luke Lehmann, Pierce Dols, Henry Wurdell, Ethan Neirmeyer, Ethan Neuens, Henry Griffin
Varsity Four Race
1. Wisconsin A, 6:16.0, 2. Mercyhurst A, 6:27.6, 3. Adrian 6:40.2, 4. Mercyhurst B, 6:50.5
UW Lineup: Liam Smith, Isaac Rockwell, Patrick Trihey, William Carey, Mateo Miller
2. WHERE THEY LEFT OFF – The Badgers had a short fall season, racing at the Head of the Charles and the Princeton Chase.Â
At the Head of the Charles, UW brought two boats: the varsity eight and varsity four.Â
In the eight boat, Wisconsin finished 28th, with a time of 14:37.019. Cambridge found the first-place win at 13:41.692.
In the four boat, the Badgers brought home a ninth-place finish with a time of 16:06.172. Washington came in first at 5:15.844.
3. MESSAGE FROM COACHÂ -- After months of training for the spring season, Head Coach Beau Hoopman is proud of all the progress the crew has made. Here's an update from coach:
"We lost a lot of good guys last year, but the seniors are stepping up. Elias Strasman is at elite speed right now. We just want more guys to join him, sub-6:00 for 2K. The more guys you have under 6:00, the more confidence the boat will have, and that's what the winter season is all about. Building confidence. Having a good race this weekend will help a lot of guys recover from the doldrums of winter.
Everybody has been pretty good. Just about everybody is sub-6:30, which is good. It's a smaller team, but that's a good indication of where the freshmen are at. That's a pretty good first year for a lot of the novices, and a few of them are knocking it out of the park.
Some of them really row well and need to get faster on the erg and some of them are real fast on the erg and just need to get better on the water. That's what this first race is for.
We'll get everybody out there for at least one race. Most of them will do two. I'm looking forward to it. I get to see my old freshman coach, Greg Myhr, which is always a good time. You want to get a race under your belt before you go out to California, so we're happy to go out and visit Marietta."
4. WHERE TO NEXT – After UW's weekend in Ohio, they will travel to the West Coast for the Stanford/Cal Invite. Wisconsin will row in Redwood Shores, California, on Saturday and Sunday, April 5 and 6.
Look for recap on UWBadgers.com.
EXPECTED LINEUPS:
Varsity Eight -- Coxswain Charles Ramquist, Ethan Schumacher, Thomas Leuty, Elias Strasman, Andrew Soman, Luke Lehmann, Joe Siddall, Ruffin Bryant, Benjamin Cook,Â
Second Varsity Eight -- Coxswain Alexander Quinn, Isaac Rockwell, Henry Griffin, William Carey, Benjamin Whelan, Henry Wurdell, Maxwell McCartney, Bergen Peters, Patrick Trihey
Third Varsity Eight -- Coxswain Taj Chunawala, Jeremiah Lesniak, Connor Treccia, Julian Kuehn, Lincoln Boehm, Oliver Zanetich, John Wagner, Raul Gupta, William Harper
EXPECTED SCHEDULE (all times in ET)
3V8 + 4V8:Â 12 p.m.
V28: 12:30 p.m.
V8: 12:50 p.m.
V4: 1:10Â p.m.
2V8 final 2: 1:30 p.m. Â
2V8 final 1: 1:40 p.m. Â
V8 final 2: 1:50 p.m. Â
V8 final 1: 2:00 p.m. Â
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